Over the Hump explained

Over the Hump
Type:studio
Artist:The Kelly Family
Cover:Over the hump.jpg
Released:26 August 1994
Recorded:1994
Studio:Sound Studio N
(Cologne, Germany)
Length:49:46
Label:KEL-Life
Prev Title:The Very Best Over 10 Years
Prev Year:1993
Next Title:Christmas for All
Next Year:1995

Over the Hump is the eighth regular studio album by European-American pop group The Kelly Family. Co-produced by Hartmut Müller and Kathy Kelly and recorded at the Sound Studio N in Cologne, it was released on 26 August 1994 throughout most of Europe. The album reached number-one in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, resulting in the group's breakthrough in German-speaking Europe after years of minor successful studio and live releases. It peaked at 17 in their native Ireland and also entered the top 30 in the Netherlands, Norway and Spain and sold more than 1.8 million copies within the first five months of its release.[1]

Over the Hump eventually sold more than 2.25 million copies in Germany alone, making it one of the biggest-selling albums of German origin to date.[2] It produced the band's first number-one hit single, "An Angel", and yielded three further top twenty singles "Why Why Why", "Roses of Red" and "First Time". In 2019, The Kelly Family produced the studio album 25 Years Later to commemorate with the release of Over the Hump.[3]

Personnel

Credits are taken from the album's liner notes.[4]

Instruments and performances

Technical and production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart performance for Over the Hump
Chart (1994–2020)Peak
position
European Albums (IFPI)[5] 11
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[6] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)!scope="col"
Position
European Albums (IFPI)[7] 97
Chart (1995)Position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 1
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 76
European Albums (IFPI)[10] 11
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Meine Familie und ICH. 1995-10-10. Focus. 2008-09-20. German.
  2. Web site: Die Meistestverkauftesten. 2008-03-05. ZEIT Online. 2008-09-20. German.
  3. Web site: 25 Years Later. Amazon.de. 2019-10-05.
  4. Over the Hump . The Kelly Family. 1994 . CD liner . KEL-Life Records.
  5. Web site: European Top 100 Albums. Music and Media. 20. 28 January 1995. 10 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996.02.26. – 1996.03.03.. https://web.archive.org/web/20210210104718/https://slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista/1996/9. 10 February 2021. live. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. hu. 10 February 2021.
  7. Web site: 1994 In Review – European Top 100 Albums. Music and Media. 24. 24 December 1994. 10 February 2021.
  8. Web site: Jahreshitparade – Alben 1995. https://web.archive.org/web/20171119200300/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1995. 19 November 2017. live. Hung Medien. de. 10 February 2021.
  9. Web site: Jaaroverzichten – Album 1995. https://web.archive.org/web/20190620005440/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1995&cat=a. 20 June 2019. live. Hung Medien. nl. 10 February 2021.
  10. Web site: Year-End Sales Charts – European Top 100 Albums 1995. Music and Media. 14. 23 December 1995. 10 February 2021.
  11. Web site: Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1995 – Alben. https://web.archive.org/web/20210210111833/http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1995/alben. 10 February 2021. live. Hung Medien. de. 10 February 2021.
  12. Web site: Jahreshitparade – Alben 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070825/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1996. 9 November 2018. live. Hung Medien. de. 10 February 2021.

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